January 3, 2008 / Front Page

"I think we're going to look back on 2007 as the year that tourism in Washington and Wilkes County began to really take off," said Tourism Director Ashley Barnett, "the year that the world started to discover all the wonderful things that we have t More...

Give credit where credit is due. Many blame the tremendous increase in crime on poverty, poor environment and broken homes. The first crime was committed by Cain in the Garden of Eden. No poverty, a good environment, and two parents. More...

Mrs. Margaret Conner enjoyed several days during the Christmas holidays with her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Greg Connor, Adam, Jenny and West, in Alpharetta. l Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Warren celebrated Christmas Day in Elberton with Mr. and Mrs. More...

Gene and Sharon Futch of Martinez announce the birth of their daughter, Lauren Elizabeth, on Thursday, December 6, at Doctors Hospital in Augusta. She weighed 7 lbs. 11 ozs. and was 19 ½ inches long. More...

"Great singing, great preaching, and great fellowship" are the promised benefits to be enjoyed by all who attend the community worship service planned for Sunday, January 13, at 7:15 p.m. at the Episcopal Church of the Mediator. More...

Washington firefighters responded to a firein the Pliant Corp. warehouse Monday morning that caused smoke and water damage to the former Persimmon Homes plant off the Lexington Road in Washington. Capt. More...

The Annual Meeting of The Washington Little Theater Company promises to be an exciting one. The meeting on January 8, 2008, will feature entertainment, refreshments, election of officers, recognition of 2007 directors, and maybe a surprise or two. More...

Wills Memorial Hospital will host the first wellness program January 24, 12:00 p.m., in the hospital library. Dr. David Kirk will speak on sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing is briefly interrupted or stops episodically during sleep. More...

Funeral services for Margaret Darden, 87, of Taliaferro County were held Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at the PurificationCatholic Church in Sharon with Father Chris Williamson officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. More...

Graveside services for Martha P. Gilpin Murphy, 88, were held Thursday, December 6, 2007, in the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery in Wilkes County. She died Tuesday, December 4, in the Warrenton Health & Rehabilitation Center, Warrenton. More...